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Ramnath Kenny
Ramnath Baburao Kenny
Born: 29 September 1930, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Died: 21 November 1985, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Major Teams: Mumbai, Bengal, India.
Known As: Ramnath Kenny
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Test Debut: India v West Indies at Calcutta, 3rd Test, 1958/59
Last Test: India v Australia at Calcutta, 5th Test, 1959/60
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 5 10 1 245 62 27.22 0 3 1 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1950/51 - 1963/64)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100s Ct St
Batting & Fielding 59 70 9 3079 218 50.47 11 26 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 468 15 31.20 4-8 0 0
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 0 - - - - - - - - -
Balls M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 0 - - - - - - - - -
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
In the long list of players who received a raw deal from the
selectors, the name of Ramnath Kenny figures very high. He was a
batsman who had everything - class, elegance, strokes. And yet he
played in only five Tests, spread over two successive seasons, despite
having a very respectable record. He made his Test debut against West
Indies at Calcutta in 1958-59, failed, was overlooked for the tour of
England but was brought back for the series against Australia in
1959-60. He played in four Tests and repeatedly bolstered the middle
order with scores of 0 and 51, 20 and 55 not out, 33 and 1 and 7 and
62. He played the strong Australian attack of Davidson, Meckiff,
Lindwall, Kline, Mackay and Benaud with utmost confidence. He shared
valuable partnerships with Nadkarni at Kanpur (which proved vital in
paving the way for the historic victory), with AA Baig at Bombay and
with Jaisimha at Calcutta, the latter two going a long way in enabling
India to draw the games from hopeless situations. In a generally low
scoring series, he was third in the averages with 229 runs
(32.71). Inexplicably however he was not considered again.
In first class cricket, Kenny had an excellent record. His peak season
was 1956-57 when he scored three successive hundreds in the Ranji
Trophy, including 218 against Madras which remained his highest first
class score. In a career that stretched from 1950 to 1964, Kenny
scored 3079 runs (50.47) with eleven centuries. (Partab Ramchand)
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